Honestly when very smart people who are based in reality start talking about it , some names of people who have a pretty general understanding of the many piece

Honestly when very smart people who are based in reality start talking about it , some names of people who have a pretty general understanding of the many pieces of the puzzle (both tech wise and people wise) necessary to propel us to the singularity : Bill gates Jim Simons Mark zuckerberg Larry&sergey Plus you have the guys who do something else entirely for a living but are so G-loaded that won’t be able to ignore the singularly and in fact will participate…again some names: Ed witten Terence tao Ignore the techno utopian snake oil salesmen such as : Elon musk Ray kurzwell Michio Kaku And also those whose career depends on singularity talk ranging from Oxford to the rationality blogosphere